Essays about: "Christina Streiffert"

Found 1 essay containing the words Christina Streiffert.

  1. 1. Memorials of Suffering - The human trace in artefacts by Doris Salcedo

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Christina Streiffert; [2012]
    Keywords : anthropomorphism; embodiment; human trace; metaphysics; semiotics; tropes; violence; void; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The aim of this study has been to enable a depiction of humanness without having recourse to the human body and to make it conceivable to relate to the aesthetics of anthropomorphism. Four artworks from as many installations by the Colombian artist Doris Salcedo have made up a base for the investigation: Atrabiliarios (Defiant, Bitterness), Untitled, La Casa Viuda (The Widow House or The Widowed House) and Plegaria Muda (Silent Prayer or Silenced Prayer). READ MORE